Recently, Narendra Modi’s government found itself in trouble after some of its members made disparaging remarks against the Messenger of Allah (saw). In a bid to extricate himself from the growing fury in the Muslim world, Modi swiftly moved to suspend the guilty BJP officials but this did little to stymie the criticism against his regime. [The Times]

Rice prices fall when the products of the Boro (March- May) season arrive in the market, but this time the staple is getting costlier. Wholesalers say the mills have raised prices. The mill owners have blamed a rise in the prices of paddy this season for the spike in rice prices.....

 In the past weeks, there has been a commotion over the issue of food security, which is said to have been sparked by to the Russian-Ukrainian war. This is further aggravated by the halting of wheat export by the Indian government due to the heat waves that result in lower wheat production. However, according to the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP), the country's wheat flour supply is…

Ukrainian farmers have 20 million tonnes of grain they cannot get to international markets, and a new harvest is about to begin. What can be done to get the food to people who desperately need it, as prices soar around the world? Ukraine punches far above its weight as a food exporter, contributing 42% of the sunflower oil traded on the global market, 16% of the maize